Abstract
Numerous solutions have been proposed for the emerging “Smart Hospital-Room”, however, there is little progress made yet. Interesting approaches include the Amplion Smart (er) Room of the Future, the IBM-UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical-Center), the NXT-Health-program of the US-Department of Defense and the EU-Agency for Network and Information Security. Nevertheless, a Hospital Smart-Room has to be cost-effective and it is the aim of this project, to pinpoint the most important catches. Crucial delay-factors and high-cost sources have been traced, by following the innovation trail, as reflected upon numerous Hospital-Technology related Patents and other research Publications, synopsizing the obstacles for achieving an acceptable and interoperable Electronic Medical Record and the enhanced Cognitive-computing based ways to harness, share, manage and trace big-data. On the other hand, increased Patient-interactivity and participation, is a cardinal challenge for the future’s Smart-Room and the Health-care providers need access to real-time, Point-of-care feedback, on a continuous basis. Finally, Technology supporting overloaded clinical-staff causes frequently complications and tension. Therefore, Clinical-workflow improvements require goal-oriented training, based on Patient-care-plans and supported by mature and cost-effective Technologies. Cost, lack of education and short-term focusing lead to cul-de-sac. The Hospital-leaders must realize that the world is changing dramatically; in order to survive, they have to offer Smart, innovative, efficient and above all affordable and cost-effective Health-care. Modern Photonics may improve dramatically the smooth operation of the “Smart Hospital-Room”, as it is proven in the detailed created “Patent mappings” relating Photonics Technology and Health-care.
Highlights
Numerous solutions have been proposed for the future “Smart Hospital-Room”, little progress has been made
Each composed of different colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit signals that are separated in color and space
Continuing advances in several critical areas of technology have dramatically increased the capabilities of biomedical optical instrumentation and herald a new era of innovation in biomedical optics, leading to improvements in treating many types of diseases
Summary
Numerous solutions have been proposed for the future “Smart Hospital-Room”, little progress has been made. Interesting approaches include the Amplion Smart (er) Room of the Future, the IBM-UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical-Center), the NXT-Health-program of the US-Department of Defense and the EU-Agency for Network and Information Security [1]. A Hospital Smart-Room has to be cost-effective and it is the aim of this project, to pinpoint the most important financial and health-care related “catches”. Crucial delay-factors and high-cost sources have been traced, by following the innovation trail, as reflected upon numerous Hospital-Technology related Publications and Patents, synopsizing: 1. 3. Increased Patient-interactivity and participation, is a cardinal challenge for future’s Smart-Room. 5. Technology supporting overloaded clinical-staff causes sometimes complications and tension. 6. Clinical-workflow improvements require goal-oriented training, on Patient-care-plans, supported by mature and cost-effective technologies
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